8. There's A Legitimacy To Conspiracy Theories - JFK
Conspiracy theories used to be the reserve of obsessive nutjobs stuck in unemployment, but now the internet gifts those people with ability to make poorly designed websites backing up their claims all manner of people are biting. 9/11 wa set up (or at least allowed) by the American government, Paul McCartney died in 1966, the moon landings were faked by Stanley Kubrick, the Titanic sinking was a staged accident that went tragically wrong; theyre all given a false sense of validity by misleading, one sided arguments. But before the internet became popularised there was another way for these theories to come out; Oscar nominated films. Now dont get me wrong, as a film JFK is brilliant - its got some great acting talent at the top of their game and Oliver Stone's direction wrings everything from the concept - but given how it presents wild speculation as irrefutable proof in the form of a historical drama its a very hard pill to swallow. Suggesting the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a conspiracy covered up by the FBI, it presents evidence in such a subjective way it might as well have been doctored. Shot naturalistically this feels real, which not only puts validity to the JFK theories, but sheds a light of possibility on just about every other conspiracy out there. JFK taught us things aren't always as they seem, which in this case is an incredible misnomer.